But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; 1 Corinthians 1:27
"Marvin Lubenow, in his book Bones of Contention, also shows that the various alleged apemen do not form a smooth sequence in evolutionary ‘ages,’ but overlap considerably.
"Marvin Lubenow, in his book Bones of Contention, also shows that the various alleged apemen do not form a smooth sequence in evolutionary ‘ages,’ but overlap considerably.
He also points out that the various finds are either varieties of true humans (e.g. Neandertals, Homo erectus) or non-humans like the australopithecines, which probably includes the so-called Homo habilis. There are several lines of evidence to support this:
--Mitochondrial DNA analysis of a Neandertal skeleton found that.jpg)
the sequence differed from modern humans in 22 to 36 places, while the differences among modern humans are from 1 to 24 places. Despite some statistically invalid claims that this makes the Neandertals a separate species, the differences are within the range of modern humans.
--Mitochondrial DNA analysis of a Neandertal skeleton found that
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Also, DNA is quickly broken down by water and oxygen, so under favorable conditions, DNA might last tens of thousands of years at the most. This raises serious questions about the 100,000-year ‘age’ that some scientists have assigned to this skeleton.
--X-ray analysis of the semicircular canals of a number of apemen skulls showed that the Homo erectus canals were like those of modern humans, meaning they walked upright.
--X-ray analysis of the semicircular canals of a number of apemen skulls showed that the Homo erectus canals were like those of modern humans, meaning they walked upright.
But those of the A. africanus and A. robustus were like those of great apes. This shows they did not walk upright like humans, but were probably mainly tree-dwelling. ‘Homo habilis’ turned out to be even less ‘bi-pedal’ than the australopithecines."
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